Claim of Ford v. New York City Transit Authority

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 2, 2004, which denied claimant’s application for reconsideration and/or full Board review of a prior decision denying claimant’s application to reopen his workers’ compensation claim.

Claimant, a public relations director, filed for workers’ compensation benefits in April 1994, alleging that he had become afflicted with work-related posttraumatic stress disorder as a result of his employer’s repeated harassing and discriminatory tactics. The employer controverted the claim and, after the receipt of testimony and medical…